L.A.'s transit agency resurrects a controversial plan to run a rail line down the city's main commercial corridor.
"The Wilshire corridor is one of the densest in the nation, making it perhaps the best location in all of Los Angeles for a longer subway, proponents of the rail say... Burke's motion has two facets. First, it instructs the agency to seek the removal of the Waxman prohibition, an extremely difficult proposition given his staunch opposition in the past. Second, it puts a Wilshire extension to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on a list of projects the MTA will ask Congress to fund next year, when it considers a multiyear transit funding package for the nation."
Thanks to Transport Policy List
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